Wide Open Sky

Author : 27x18

Warnings : Fluff? Can you warn people about that? Maybe language? Though Enma and Tsuna are both too polite to swear...Out loud at least.

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The first formal meeting of the two heirs and new Decimo's for their respective famiglia was only an hour away and currently Reborn was all but tying Tsuna to a chair while he got Bianchi to work on her makeup and hair, Chrome was also there, albeit reluctantly, to help Bianchi if Tsuna tried, and not for the first time, to fly as far away from here as she could

It had taken nearly a week for Reborn to be able to talk to Tsuna without her trying to shoot an X Burner in his face for his betrayal of her in this. Okay so there was an agreement, but it was four hundred years old, she didn't think it should be forced on her and some person she had never met as a legal and binding form of agreement.

Reborn had his orders from Nono, and he still cared of the retired old coot, so he still stuck to his orders and was going to force Tsuna to this meeting whether she liked it or not, the entire venue had been booked out just for her and her date. The staff were all Mafioso and had Reborn on speed dial should Tsuna make any move to try and leave the hotel. Reborn had to threatened to chain her down to the table before she agreed to even turn up tonight.

After what was an embarrassingly long time he finally dragged the resisting Tsuna into the restaurant and pushing her into the chair "I'll be right outside those doors." Reborn warned as he lent down to whisper in her ear "You try leave, try sabotage the meeting, I'll quadruple your training." Tsuna shivered in terror the hitman smirking as he stood and moved away from her

Tsuna grabbing the cloth serviette began to fiddle with it under the table her brown eyes darting around, looking for escape, and looking in terror for the supposed man she was to be married to.

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Adelheid had ended up agreeing with the letter, at least so they would have the resources to assist the family. Adelheid knew that they would have to have a strategic wedding one day for the famiglia, that an agreement had come from the Vongola of all families, and that they were willing to honour it with an unknown family, they had never before had such luck.

Adelheid and Ooyama Raiju, the huge strong Guardian had both restrained Enma from fleeing while dressing him up for the occasion. They had spent some of their savings on making sure he was in the best suit possible to make an impression and complete this deal.

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Tsuna was both furious and terrified all at once, she had been forced into what was called the Primo suit, the pinstripe formal suit, the alteration was that she was in a skirt and jacket. Tsuna had drawn the line, kicking and screaming, with the cloak. Thankfully her fighting had paid off and Reborn had relented on that point at least.

Brown eyes flitted around the room searching for this so called heir that she was apparently now engaged to. Tsuna did not want to meet some Mafioso that she was going to be chained to like she had been fighting for years. Tsuna didn't want to marry anyone!

Tsuna wanted, one day, sure, to marry, but when she was ready, and to someone she loved, not someone she was told to wed. Tsuna had watched for years with a smile while her Guardians lived and loved and she wanted that. Why was she being denied that?

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Enma was shaking, he was terrified, he was about to meet a real big time Mafioso, everyone knew about Vongola Decimo, and the stories he had heard scared him.

One shaking foot in front of the other, Enma stumbled into the room, Adelheid's voice in his head going around and around This is probably the only chance we will have to get anywhere near a top level Mafioso, and marriage will be worth everything. Make a good impression.

Shakily his eyes flickered up to his bride to be, shakily he moved over to the table his eyes flicking to her then away and to her and away while he tried to think of something to say

"E-E." Stuttering! "Enma." he bit out while bowing to her a full 90 degrees "M-My name is K-Kozart Enma." he was to scared to look at her while he flushed in embarrassment and shame, he had just treated her like a Japanese person, they were in Italy, he was meant to holdout his hand, oh shit, he had screwed this up completely. snapping upright he blinked at her while he began to freak out internally. He had come a long way since that scared little boy at school, but right now he felt just like he was back in high school and everyone hated him

"Sawa-uh. Vongola Tsunahime." Tsuna corrected while standing quickly and bowing to him in return, rising from her chair while straitening and blinking at the male, he was more Japanese then she had realised. It triggered her instinctual response and she had stood and bowed to him in return. So instinctual she had almost used her real name, and she never used her real name, that name would bring terror and assassins down on her mother, she was Vongola Tsunahime, nothing more.

Peeking at the male she immediately flushed and looked down, he was about her age it was true, fire red hair and penetrating red eyes that seemed to burn her right to her soul.

Tsuna could only swallow and shiver while she studied the now standing male as he blinked at her. Both of them flushed while Tsuna motioned to the table the male nodding and hurrying to his seat and sitting, suddenly realising what he had done he stood to go pull her chair for her but Tsuna had already sat

"Sit, please." Tsuna bade and the man nearly sat on the floor taking her command as literally as possible. Hurriedly he moved to a chair and they sat across from one another peeking over at one another while holding menu's before themselves so as not to see too much of one another even while they kept peeking over at one another

"A-Anything take your fancy?" Tsuna asked while Enma gulped his eyes flicking to the menu again, how could he tell her he had been too busy staring at her and trying to figure out how to tell her he was not interested in marriage.

Tsuna lowered her menu while watching her so called fiancé, he looked just as nervous as she was.

"Uh...right, food." Enma stumbled while flicking between her and the menu again, Tsuna blinking as the thought took her

"You don't want this either?" Enma's red eyes startled up to her while he gaped at her

"Y-You too?!" Tsuna could only nod and all of a sudden the pressure seemed to leave them both as they sighed heavily

"Adelheid forced me to come." Tsuna smiled wryly at the young man across from her

"Reborn threatened to chain me to the table." they both exchanged a look that spoke a lot about scary threats before sighing in sync and each of their heads dropping. Tsuna couldn't help but giggle, Enma letting out a small burst of laughter as they glanced one another again and fell into full blown laughter

"Your friend?" Tsuna asked referring to the briefly mention Adelheid

"Sister and uh….tutor." Enma hesitantly tagged on before he smiled over at the equally as uncomfortable woman "Reborn it your friend?"

"Torturer...uh tutor, please tell him I only said tutor!" Tsuna corrected while she paled then flushed in fast succession. Enma only able to laugh again while he nodded

"I know what you mean, Adelheid used to electrocute me."

"Reborn shot me."

"I was frozen."

"Bombed, and defibrillatored." Enma gaped at her then

"Was he trying to kill you?!"

"Tutor." Tsuna corrected while Enma and her both looked at one another before laughing again. Stopping their laughter they looked at one another again before bursting into laughter once more

"I thought I was the only one being, uh, tutored so efficiently." Enma laughed while Tsuna smiled at him and shook her head

"Oh no, I had the worlds greatest hitman as a tutor when I was thirteen, and a civilian." Enma could only gape at her again while blinking at her

"You were a civilian?!" Tsuna nodded while the other mafioso blinked at her startled "Vongola Tsunahime, the head of the Vongola, scariest Mafioso since Vongola Primo….you were a civilian?!" Tsuna blinked and pouted slightly, Enma having to look away from the much too adorable sight she made, that should be illegal

"I'm the scariest Mafioso?" Enma began to panic all over again, trying to figure out what to say after he had insulted Vongola Decimo. He was dead if he didn't come up with an excuse, surely….though her pout reminded him of a civilian, of someone that wouldn't destroy his famiglia and his life just for saying one word wrong….but she was Vongola Decimo, stories of her iron clad rule were told everywhere.

"Uh, um, uh." Tsuna sighed softly seeing his thoughts running across his face

"I'm not going to destroy a family just because you said something." Tsuna noted while Enma flushed and hid behind his menu again "I'm really not that scary….I don't think so at least." Tsuna mumbled while frowning down at the table. Enma blinked at her before he tilted his head at her

"Can we start over?" Tsuna nodded eagerly "I'm Kozart Enma, it's nice to meet you."

"Sa-Vongola Tsunahime." Tsuna replied while the shook hands and smiled at one another "Nice to meet you Enma-kun….ah, is it alright to call you Enma-kun?" Enma nodded an answering smile on his lips while he looked back at her

"Tsunahime...san?"

"Tsuna, or Tsu-hime is fine, Enma-kun." Enma couldn't help but blush with a pretty girl calling him Enma-kun, he had been baka-Enma, dame-Enma for so long around those not in his famiglia, it was strange to hear someone call his name in such a familiar way that wasn't his family.

"T-Tsuna-san." Enam noted while Tsuna's smile dropped and a pout appeared again, Enma shifting uncomfortably, how the hell was a top level Mafioso so….adorable?

"Please, no san." Enma was flustered just thinking of her with anything below a san

"T-Tsu-hime." was his compromise, he was addressing her by hime, she didn't need to know he was meaning it in the way of actual hime and not her name. (For anyone not familiar with Japanese honorific's hime would be princess in either a name or very formal sense. Like a lot of Japanese, it depends on usage. For Enma he's calling her Princess Tsu, not by just her name.)

Tsuna's face brightened while she smiled at him with a nod happy just to be able to talk to a new friend without the heavy honorific's. Looking back at the menu that had been sitting in their hands much too long, a waitress looking over at them from the kitchen, unsure if she should come in or stay away for longer.

"We should order, if we take too long Reborn is going to storm in here and shoot us both." Tsuna giggle nervously while Enma nodded and looked down at the menu he had been holding for some time now and not even glanced at properly.

"Um….it's all Italian food." Enma noted while Tsuna blinked before laughing softly and nodding

"Yeah, Reborn's idea, which is strange since we're both clearly from Japan….do you mind if we…speak Japanese?" Tsuna asked while Enma blinked at her, true they were in Italy, but if she wanted to speak Japanese he didn't mind, in fact he would rather enjoy speaking in his native tongue, it made this much more comfortable somehow.

"Mmm, if you don't mind." Enma agreed while her smile brightened, Enma hiding behind his menu again, this time not from the just being shy, also from pure need to hide from such a bright light, her smile could light up a city for a year he was sure.

Waving the waitress over Tsuna and Enma finally ordered, almost half an hour after they had met.

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Tsuna glanced over at Enma while fiddling with the paper in her hands, peeking at him again she forced herself to do it, pushing the paper over quickly

"T-To talk, as friends!" Tsuna quickly explained "I still...I'm not really enthused on this wedding thing and I think we can probably find a way out of it if we have to….but I….I wouldn't mind being friends." Enma flushed as red as his hair and eyes even as he took the paper from her and peeked at it

"It's...uh, my number, the work number goes to mail and Reborn listens to the messages….so um…." Enma nodded while fumbling with a pen himself, scribbling something on the corner of the menu since he had no paper himself

"M-My number." Enma noted while he handed her the paper, Tsuna smiling softly and nodding back to him

"I look forward to talking with you, Enma-kun." Enma could only bob his head in agreement while blinking at the much too pretty young Vongola Decimo.

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The last thing that Enma had ever thought was that he might ever meet someone that understood him, he had expected many things when he had met Tsunahime, none of them were that she might find someone that had also been beaten down at school, someone that had been broken and yelled at and hurt by people that were meant to be their peers. The Japanese middle and high school's had a lot to answer for with their management of children and bullying, Enma and Tsuna both were clear examples of that.

Enma, for all his family and friends he had now, had never imagined that he might meet someone that had been called dame too. Someone that had been sneered at bullied and hated by people for no logical reason but that they were not as good at them with schooling.

Enma had gone to that meeting dreading meeting the terrifying Vongola Decimo that Mafioso famiglia's were so scared of. Don't let the Vongola's eyes turn to you. Don't speak the name of the Vongola Decimo or they may see you. Don't break any of the new laws or the Vongola will send the Vendice after you.

The girl he had met that night had been so kind, so real. Not the untouchable Vongola Decimo, she had been someone that understood, someone that he could talk to. Enma was unable to talk to her, not as a boss but as a man. Tsuna had been so real it had both scared and attracted him,

Vongola Tsunahime was real.

More real then any woman of her age and type that he had ever heard of or met, she had been real in a way he didn't know from anyone before her.

Enma had stared at his phone for three days, he wanted to send her a message, even just a random strange thing, anything to make her maybe turn her thoughts back to him for any length of time, but he had no idea how to do such a thing. Enma hadn't had normal friends before, he had his family and he had bullies, but normal real friends? That was something new, and something he wanted to explore with his new friend.

Kozart.E : How do you text a friend? I've never done it before. Enma.K

Enma slammed send before he could think about it any more because if he did he was going to delete the text entirely and just continue waiting for some sort of a sign from his new friend.

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Tsuna nearly jumped out of her skin when her phone beeped at her, she was not used to anyone texting her, normally if someone wanted her among her Guardians they blew up, or knocked, on her door and came barging in to talk.

Reborn didn't text he threw bombs with messages at her to test her. She had to defuse them before they exploded and then she could read the message. The message that was normally carved into the C4 in case she tried to just grab the message and throw the bomb out the window.

No one that had her private number texted, it was unheard of. So when her phone beeped Tsuna nearly threw it at the wall while screeching, in a very un-boss-like manner.

Blinking down at the text, text, she had a text! From a friend! Tsuna chewed at her bottom lip while trying to decide how to respond to her newest friend.

V.Tsunahime : I don't know, my Friends/Guardians just blow up walls and come barging in. How do you think we should start?

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Enma smiled at the message he got in return, a laugh escaping him while he texted back

Kozart.E : I guess we say….Hello, how are you today?

Hitting send Enma looked at the vast collection of papers on his desk Kozart. E : Also, I hate paperwork.

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V.Tsunahime : Paperwork must be destroyed! I tried to destroy that marriage agreement with everything. Whatever they made that from DO NOT SHARE. We'll never be free!

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Kozart.E : Those white demons! If I ever find out what they did to that paper, I swear, never! No one will know!

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V.Tsunahime : Reborn found out I have your number. Help!

Reborn glared down at the phone while glancing at Tsuna "Friends huh?" Tsuna just averted her eyes and refused to talk to him crossing her arms over her chest, Reborn rolling his eyes at his childish boss

"Friends can be more~" the hitman purred even as the blast of an X-Burner followed him from her office, the tall man snickering in amusement while he looked down at the phone V.Tsunahime : Please, come help. He's going to-cutting off his text under his bosses name Reborn turned the phone off and tossed it aside, shattering it against a wall

"You'll thank me one day dame-Tsuna."

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Tsuna screeched while aiming her X-Burner at the widow when it blew apart her wide brown eyes meeting the sharp crossed pupil? red gaze of a very serious looking Enma

"Tsu-hime." Enma gasped while the red orange flames on his head and hands spluttered out his eyes on her "You're alright? I got the text saying you were in trouble and-" he silenced when Tsuna just blinked at him confused

"Uh….my office?" Tsuna stuttered while Enma flushed furiously his Earth Flames leaving him while he looked around in panic. He had just blown up the office of the Vongola Decimo

"Um...the text….uh…." Tsuna just blinking at him still

"Reborn took my phone…." Enma flushed furiously while ducking his head in apology

"I am so sorry Tsu-hime, I….may have panicked." Enma stuttered while flushing and peeking at her, surely she was angry, surely she was going to blow him up for breaking into her office by force and smashing the walls.

"How did you know where my office was?" was all she could think to say. Enma blinked at her before looking at his hands in shock

"Uh….instinct?" He really had no idea, of course he knew where the Vongola HQ was, everyone did, but he had just come running without thinking, he didn't even think as he smashed through a wall to come to her rescue, how did he know where her office was?

Tsuna blinked at him for a few moments before she began to giggle, Enma not far after her as the pair laughed together. Though that stopped as soon as her door blew open a furious looking silver haired male standing there with dynamite in his hands

"Juu-hime! I'll defend you!" Tsuna quickly jumped in front of Enma while shaking her head at Hayato

"Hayato no! Enma-kun is a friend!" Hayato almost looked shattered by that for a moment while he quickly narrowed his eyes over at Enma

"Friend or not, you will not touch my Juu-hime!" Enma blinking at the young man

"You're in love with Tsu-hime?" Enma asked bluntly while Hayato flushed dark red even as Tsuna burst into laughter, holding her middle while laughing at the mans predicament "Eh?"

Tsuna was gripping Enma's shoulder to keep herself upright while she was all but collapsing from laughter, Hayato stuttering and blubbering at Enma while he looked to his hime and back to this strange man in his Tsu-hime's office

"Haya….Hayato." Tsuna giggled "Is taken. Very taken." Tsuna noted while thinking of the strangely possessive Takeshi and his weird relationship with Hayato. "And Hayato, Enma-kun is a friend!" Tsuna assured "Please, stand down!" the bomber reluctantly lowered his dynamite while pouting at his boss

"But Juu-hime!"

"No, Hayato, stand down."

"Juu-hime!"

"I'll tell Takeshi!" that shut up the bomber while he visibly sulked, Tsuna glancing over at Enma before blushing in embarrassment, she was acting so childish in front of her new friend. She was meant to be the big Vongola boss! Not some kid with pouty friends. "H-Hayato, this is Enma-kun, Kozart Enma, the boss of the Simon famiglia." Tsuna introduced while turning her eyes to Enma "Enma-kun, my Storm Guardian, Gokudera Hayato."

"Simon…" Hayato mumbled scanning his memory for why that name was familiar, his green eyes lighting up like Christmas lights "I'll kill him and free you Juu-hime!" Tsuna had to squeak and hurry in front of the startled Enma all over again to try calm her right hand man. Said right hand man completely ready to murder this stranger to free his Juu-hime from any agreement their ancestors had come up with.

"Hayato no! Enma-kun is my friend!" Hayato even teared up then while blinking at his Tsu-hime sulkily

"Hime! Don't fall to this monsters charms! I'll never let someone have you!" Hayato flung himself at her while Tsuna batted him back with a squeak

"H-Have...Tsu-hime?!" Enma was once again as red as his hair while he stuttered at the young man before him, glancing at Tsuna before looking back at the new person

"You know exactly what I mean you horny fiend!" Enma backed up so fast he tripped over some rubble from the wall and could only gape up at the silver haired male

"H-H-Horny?! F-Fiend?! Tsuna grabbed Hayato and all but threw him out of the room while slamming what was left of the doors behind him in a clear message to go away

"Enma-kun I am so sorry." Tsuna whispered grabbing his hands and helping the red haired young man up "First Reborn stole my phone and texted you, then Hayato was all….Just...I'm sorry."

"Is it...always like this here?" Enma stuttered while Tsuna hesitated before nodding, to be totally honest, yes, it was.

"Sort of….yeah."

"It's even worse then my famiglia." Enma chuckled while covering his mouth to hide his smile so she didn't see him laughing at her, Tsuna just pouted at him for laughing at her

"You're so mean Enma-kun." he knew she wasn't really angry at him, he knew that if he laughed and smiled that she wasn't going to resent or judge him. Enma could be himself, for the first time in a very long time, he could be just Enma.

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V.Tsunahime : NEW PHONE! I'm not letting Reborn near this one. He shattered my old phone after sending that message to you V_V

Kozart.E : I think I need help now, Adelheid found two new stacks of paperwork. Save me!

V.Tsunahime : I find burning them works.

Kozart.E : If she wasn't watching me like a hawk I would. She's glaring at me right now, I had to tell her I was texting you before she would let me even do this!

V.Tsunahime : Need a rescue?

Kozart.E : You have a rescue method?

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Enma looked up startled while he blinked around the office confused, a phone was ringing and he had no idea where it was coming from. Eventually Adelheid picked up a different mobile and brought it to her ear with a scowl

"The Vongola have requested a second date."

"Meeting." Enma corrected but the woman just glared at him in response

"Date." Adelheid corrected right back "Get ready, make a good impression this time, you have very few chances with someone like the Vongola Decimo." Enma could only smile, the so called Vongola Decimo was so much more kind and down to earth then anyone thought, he was only too glad to go on a date with her. Dare he think of it as a date? Enma wouldn't presume to even consider it without permission from Tsuna, but he liked to think of their meetings as dates.

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Kozart.E : You're a life saver!

V.Tsunahime : Flattery will get you everywhere my dear Enma-kun.

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Squeee mailman brought me my Vongola Rings today ~

I even wear my Sun Ring while I heal in FFXIV xD Mist ring for creativity, though you're going to have to cut my fingers off to get the Cloud and Sky rings off me.

Might end up being a four chapter one at this rate, I'm having too much fun with the texting bosses xD

Apparently ff . net didn't like how I had Tsu's name in the texting. Had to change it so it wasn't deleted. Was annoying me so much I'm sitting here at 1:20am with no glasses, can't see shit...Also huge apologies for how badly this was edited, no more editing while watching movies. I found so many typos I nearly cried...some are fixed, I'll have to read it again in the morning to check the rest are...

Thank you everyone and especially the fantastic reviewers for chapter one!

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